\chapter{Methodology}
\label{chap:methodology}

In chapter \ref{chap:problemarea} we inducted the theoretical reasons for the current gap between the Internet architecture and its application, and in chapter \ref{chap:architecture} we showed the current technical issues. We presented Information-Centric Networking as a new inter-networking paradigm, which can be a possible solution to many of these issues, and we argued and indicated that there must be some barriers - both technical and socio-technical - that hinder an Internet transition to ICN. As previously mentioned, we are aware that there are obvious hardware-related technical deployment issues, and we want to go behind these and try to open up an analysis of the transition.

In chapter \ref{chap:theory} we presented transition theory as our main theoretical framework, and so we need some data to use this framework on to enable us to analyse the barriers of the transition. In the following sections we will have some scientific considerations regarding our research, and these will lead to scientific arguments for the choice of an appropriate data gathering method, which then will be presented.



